as long as i'm in the senate, kentucky will have a voice instead of san francisco and martha's vineyard. >> and we want to say happy birthday, mr. president. president obama turns 52 today. he celebrated with a round of golf saturday morning before heading to camp david. >>> joining me now defense reporter for politico wanda summers and editor of citizen jane politics and contributor for the daily beast patricia murphy. lady, good to see you both. i will begin with you, patricia. an internal poll was conducted on behalf of alison grimes. it was a two-point lead. how big of a challenge is mcconnell facing. >> i think he's facing a stronger challenge than he's seen in the past. he's seeing from the democrat but another republican who has just gotten into the race and all you had to do was watch fancy farm and see him getting hammered from the left and right but the biggest problem for grimes she's a democrat and mitch mcconnell will try to paint her as a democrat -- he lost by 23 points in the last election. how muchan uphill battle it will be but he's also prepared, $15 million in his wa